XX: Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who beholdest all things
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1

Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who beholdest all
things and art hidden from all things! From every
land Thou hearest the lamentations of them that love
Thee, and from every direction Thou hearkenest unto
the cries of such as have recognized Thy sovereignty.
Were their oppressors to be asked: "Wherefore have
ye oppressed them and held them in bondage in
Baghdád and elsewhere? What injustice have they
committed? Whom have they betrayed? Whose blood
have they spilled, and whose property have they plundered?"
they would know not what to answer.

2

Thou knowest full well, O my God, that their
only crime is to have loved Thee. For this reason
have their oppressors laid hold on them, and scattered
them abroad. Aware as I am, O my God, that Thou
wilt send down upon Thy servants only what is good
for them, I nevertheless beseech Thee, by Thy name
which overshadoweth all things, to raise up, for their
assistance and as a sign of Thy grace and as an evidence
of Thy power, those who will keep them safe
from all their adversaries.

3

Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art,
verily, the Supreme Ruler, the Almighty, the Help
in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.